gh0strat | 6a4af2e8efc8e2f4d6d016438db9b4f4e8bae53af06759a426d18a0fb43e587d

Analysis

max time kernel
150s
max time network
119s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20240903-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
28/02/2025, 21:36

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_34b3d1a1586e9429dbdc2f4c34211fa9.exe
Size

284KB
MD5

34b3d1a1586e9429dbdc2f4c34211fa9
SHA1

aa3ac6165755ed08cacf5f28ae42a4bcb6718878
SHA256

6a4af2e8efc8e2f4d6d016438db9b4f4e8bae53af06759a426d18a0fb43e587d
SHA512

f18ac36af415c46aaaffac97bc17bd19ef41d8a82af39717bbf1147ebf6f835cc8ed1f6172c9254e68a543bc5f123447136e10cd95b48f833853e1112c13a278
SSDEEP

6144:fzsDNoICps4nDWgRAkPooGQn8xID0DMFYb2BoGv29tIBe6NxA/:LsCJlR3PPGLxe0DaeGvGtk3a/

Score

10^/10

gh0strat discovery persistence rat

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 5 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/1992-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000469000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/1992-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000469000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/files/0x0007000000016d9a-14.dat	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/1652-15-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001F000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/1652-16-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001F000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat

Gh0strat
Gh0st RAT is a remote access tool (RAT) with its source code public and it has been used by multiple Chinese groups.
rat gh0strat
Gh0strat family
gh0strat

Server Software Component: Terminal Services DLL 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Terminal Services DLL

T1505.005

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\360svc\Parameters\ServiceDll = "C:\\Documents and Settings\\Local User\\ntuser.dll"	JaffaCakes118_34b3d1a1586e9429dbdc2f4c34211fa9.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1652	svchost.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1652	svchost.exe

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JaffaCakes118_34b3d1a1586e9429dbdc2f4c34211fa9.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_34b3d1a1586e9429dbdc2f4c34211fa9.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_34b3d1a1586e9429dbdc2f4c34211fa9.exe"
1⤵
- Server Software Component: Terminal Services DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:1992

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k netsvcs
1⤵
- Deletes itself
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:1652

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Server Software Component

T1505

Terminal Services DLL

T1505.005

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

\Users\Local User\ntuser.dll

Filesize
98KB

MD5
00570039e07714d6f572f84d31fc5986

SHA1
16776b3849de8f9fd2c75ea8e3b37f15f234e6a8

SHA256
8e5e2f84d924a10cd85d7cded030850843aaad8aa122c33b276aec443b630824

SHA512
6b95d1bdb88344e62b98906441cf5eeca298ff7b54cffa8d33096b80416199271224ce9cbb3a660a7b804ca67690070b80d1a6d9b83ea36cfa4014d7ed69679b

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memory/1652-16-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/1652-15-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/1992-7-0x0000000001CA0000-0x0000000001E20000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.5MB

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memory/1992-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000469000-memory.dmp

Filesize
420KB

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memory/1992-8-0x0000000000403000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/1992-2-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000260000-memory.dmp

Filesize
256KB

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memory/1992-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000469000-memory.dmp

Filesize
420KB

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memory/1992-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000469000-memory.dmp

Filesize
420KB

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memory/1992-3-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000260000-memory.dmp

Filesize
256KB

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memory/1992-6-0x0000000001E30000-0x0000000001F40000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.1MB

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memory/1992-12-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000260000-memory.dmp

Filesize
256KB

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memory/1992-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000469000-memory.dmp

Filesize
420KB

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memory/1992-1-0x0000000000260000-0x0000000000261000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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